Common Waxbills at Altea – Justin Shiels
I just wanted to pass on my recent observation. A flock of c10 Common Waxbills at Altea, just in the reedbed adjacent to the parking area for the sports centre.
Guardarmar – Barry Chambers
I took Carol down to the mouth of the Segura for an afternoon walk along the pier to the small red lighthouse and saw the following:- 6 + Razorbills, 12 Common Scoters, large numbers of Gannets several Balearic Shearwaters and … Continued
Palm Farm Track and Santa Pola Salinas – Stephan and Els – 6th January
In today´s blog Últimas observaciones ornitológícas AHSA mentions some interesting species: The Sociable Plover has been seen again yesterday, the 5th, in the Carrizales, for members of the CBBC also known as the Palm Farm Track. In the Salinas of … Continued
Dave Eddy’s Trip to Lesvos
Dave Eddy has sent in a few of his photos from a recent trip to Lesvos. I think you will agree he saw some great birds there. Click on a photo for a larger image.
Vistabella and El Pinet – 23rd December 2015 – Malcolm Palmer
Vistabella – Very little, except a nice group of Golden Plover and many White Wagtails on a flooded field. Pinet – A good variety of waders included a Temminck’s Stint.
El Pinet and Santa Pola Lighthouse cliffs
This morning we paid a short visit to El Pinet where we managed to catch up with a few of the birds we had not seen during Tuesday’s field trip, namely Avocet, 100+ Black tailed Godwit, and Gannet. After lunch we had a … Continued
CBBC Field Trip – El Clot, Salinas, El Hondo fields, El Pinet and Santa Pola harbour
The Costa Blanca Bird Club’s December field trip was scheduled, as is usual at this time, to include its AGM, and 24 members met at Gran Alacant on a beautiful morning more like spring than mid-December. We made for the Clot, … Continued
El Clot, Santa Pola Salinas, Palm Farm Track and El Pinet
Today we joined other CBBC members for the December field trip. It was a lovely sunny, relatively warm day and everyone was in a cheerful, positive mood as we set off for our first stop at El Clot. John and I … Continued
Black Shouldered Kite around El Hondo fields in December
I feel I must apologise for not getting this information on the website sooner, but I had a few other priorities to deal with so all I can say is I’m sorry for the delay. On 1st December Barry emailed … Continued